Indian state-run
steelmaking and mining company Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited (RINL), also known as Vizag Steel, has announced it achieved the first
production from its new steel melt shop No. 2 on October 30, marking the completion of its 6.3 million mt per year capacity expansion.
Vizag Steel stated that its blast furnace No. 1 was halted on October 20 for capital repairs, after achieving 37.74 million mt of
pig iron output in 23 years. The repairs will take 135 days and the modernization of the furnace will enhance annual
production by 500,000 mt of
pig iron.
As SteelOrbis previously reported, the modernization works will be undertaken by the Austrian plantmaker Siemens Metals Technologies.